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Satin Stitches has had many dance and performance costumes featured in dance magazines and dance media publications over the 40 years of being in business. Here are some highlights of our favorities. Please click on each of them to read the descriptions.

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We created this rhinestoned leotard, in collaboration with fashion designer Caroline Hayden, which was used for the poster of the Envision/Artopia Fall 2011 Fashion Show.

Our local free newspaper featured our client on August 3, 2011. The Lake Country Chorus is shown in this photo, after their first place win at a regional Sweet Adelines competition. The performance group will be giving a free concert at our local park, later this month. We think the sequin-fringed jackets look fabulous!

This magazine published by the NBA Denver Nuggets Dance Team - features page after page of the dancers in 6 different Satin Stitches uniforms. This Denver Nuggets Dancers Magazine ran for the 2006-7 season.

The July/August 2002 issue of Dance Spirit Magazine featured a custom solo Satin Stitches costume on the cover and a couple of views in the magazine, for their "New York" issue.

The New York Knicks City Dancers were featured on the cover and in a big article with many photos of team members in several Satin Stitches uniform pieces. This was the Dance Spirit Magazine April 2003 issue.

Kickline Magazine was the only magazine geared towards high school and college dance teams, back in the late 1980's and 1990's. Satin Stitches was one of the sponsors for their annual "Male and Female Dancer of the Year" competition and provided custom solo costumes in a design chosen by the winners, each year. The female winner in 1994 was a rhythmic gymnast - and she is featured on the cover and on the inside, along with the male winner, in her custom Satin Stitches costume. This was July/August 1994.

DanceDrill Magazine took over, where Kickline stopped, providing information to high school and college dance and drill teams across the country. This issue - Fall 1998, showed off patriotic dance team uniforms on Minnesota's Kixters from Brainerd High School. An entire winning dance routine was photographed for the magazine, after hours at the Minnesota State Dance Team Competition, earlier that year, and these photos are featured in this issue, as well as on the cover.

Featured Photos

One of our two Mermaid inspired solo dance costumes was featured in the November issue of Dance Spirit Magazine in their “2019 Costume Preview: Mermaid Fanta-sea/flip your fins in shimmering costumes worth of the life aquatic”.

Our mesh lyrical dress as featured in the November issue of Dance Teacher Magazine. In their 2019 Costume Preview!

Our HS dance team biketard that was custom designed with gold and red sequins was featured in the September 2018 issue of ‘Dance Teacher Magazine’ in their “Winter Wonderland pictorial. We enjoyed working with Austin to create this fabulous costume!

Two new sensational Satin Stitches’ Customizable AND Custom styles are featured in the July 2018 edition of 'Dance Studio Life Magazine'.

Both our girl and boy uniform designs are featured in ‘Inside Cheerleading’ Magazine’s April 2018 Ultimate Uniform Challenge.

Satin Stitches’ designs are featured in the 2018 Costume Collection: Made in USA pictorial in the January 2018 edition of ‘Dance Studio Life’. Our custom lyrical dress and basic lavender unitard are shown.

Two of Satin Stitches’ new customizable Web Store designs were featured in the October 2017 issue of Dance Studio Life.

Deborah was interviewed for the November 2017 issue of Dance Teacher Magazine! "Good quality fabrics will make all the difference in alterations," quote Deborah!

Satin Stitches’ costumed HS show choirs were featured in the July/August 2017 edition of Production Magazine to accompany Deborah’s article titled “Costuming: Sweating the Details”.

Our Satin Stitches’ black velvet holiday dress was featured in the September 2017 Dance Teacher Magazine feature: Jingle All the Way!-Festive costumes that will make your winter performance sparkle.

Besides our advertisement in this magazine, this article in the July/August 2017 issue of Dance Spirit Magazine shows Erin Carpenter performing as a Knicks City Dancer wearing our Satin Stitches’ uniform (developed with the NY Knicks). We applaud her range of ‘nude’ skin tones that she is offering for her line of performance tights. This is long overdue!

Our Web Store Style S2004 was featured in the June 2017 ‘Dance Teacher’ Magazine’s “Short Stop: Summer shorts and skirts to keep you feeling –and looking –cool” a Style/Fashion pictorial by Betsy Farber.

Satin Stitches’ custom-designed All-Star Cheer uniform is featured on the opening page of “Inside Cheerleading” magazine’s ‘IC 2017 Ultimate Uniform Challenge’ in the April issue.

The April 2017 ‘Dance Spirit Magazine’ presented a “StyleSquared” pictorial that featured one of our Satin Stitches’ new Web Store styles. It’s a basic lavender unitard that is a simplified version of the very fancy, rhinestone-bedazzled lavender lace unitard that we created for Sauk Rapids-Rice HS dance team this season.

Satin Stitches had a red holiday costume featured in the Style/Fashion section of the December 2016 issue of Dance Teacher Magazine. We are reminding holiday shoppers that you can create your perfect custom solo costume for your favorite dancer by purchasing a Gift Certificate from Satin Stitches Ltd!

Costume Preview 2017 in November ‘Dance Teacher Magazine’ features our Satin Stitches ‘Crazy Circus’, a custom designed High School dance team costume which was originally created for Mounds View HS.

A beautiful custom HS dance team skirted unitard uniform was featured in the October issue of ‘Dance Teacher’ Magazine.

Satin Stitches’ costumed HS show choirs were featured in the July/August 2016 edition of Production Magazine to accompany Deborah’s article titled “A Delicate Conversation: Costuming Support For Female Show Choir Performers”.

This Satin Stitches custom design was featured in the October 2015 edition of Dance Teacher Magazine in their “Costume Bazaar: From elegant lace to edgy cutouts, these styles showcase spectacular options for contemporary performance.”

The September 2015 issue of ‘DanceTeacher Magazine’ features two Holiday inspired, fur-trimmed “Santa” costumes designed by and created by Satin Stitches. These costumes were part of our NFL Cheerleader Director’s style show, several months ago.

Four of our Satin Stitches’ custom designs that were created for an NFL Cheerleader Director’s Style show earlier this year, were featured in the July 2015 issue of ‘Dance Studio Life’ – the “All Decked Out” pictorial.

Satin Stitches’ custom-designed All-Star Cheer uniform was featured on the opening page of “Inside Cheerleading” magazine’s ‘IC 2015 Ultimate Uniform Challenge’ in their April issue.

The April 2015 issue of ‘Dance Spirit’ Magazine featured a Satin Stitches’ design of a gold lace biketard in their “Going For The Gold” pictorial. This costume was a golden version of a red/black dance team uniform that we created this season for the Rockford HS, MN team.

Two of our costumes that we recently custom designed and created for dance teams, were featured in the January 2015 issue of ‘Dance Studio Life’ in their “Around the World” pictorial.

Our Satin Stitches’ ballroom gown is featured in the January 2015 issue of ‘Dance Spirit’ Magazine, in their “Dancing Among the Stars” pictorial.

The November 2014 issue of ‘Dance Teacher Magazine’ featured our Satin Stitches’ costume that we actually designed and created for a High School Dance Team. It was included in the “Costume Extraveganza” pictorial.

The November 2014 issue of ‘Dance Teacher Magazine’ featured our Satin Stitches’ costume that we actually designed and created for a High School Dance Team. It was included in the “Costume Extraveganza” pictorial.

Our women’s costumes for Madison Central HS, MS show choir were featured in the August 2014 issue of ‘Productions: show Choir Products and News’ magazine with the “Singing Versus Shouting” article.

These photos illustrate Deborah Nelson’s “Costume Renovation & Transformation” article and shows photos of the original costume for Eden Prairie, MN HS dance team, and then the transformed costumes, worn by that team the following year.

Dance Studio Life’ July 2014 (their 10th anniversary issue) features two Satin Stitches costumes in their feature “All Decked Out – Year-round holiday costumes”. We are showcasing custom-designed costumes that we created this last season for Juneau Douglas HS in Alaska and new studio competition dresses for Mactir Academy of Irish Dance in Minnesota.

Our fabulous photo of our retro-sequined short is shown in the July 2014 issue of ‘Dance Teacher Magazine’ in the feature titled: “HOT LEGS: Breezy skirts and sleek shorts keep dancers cool and comfortable, even at the height of summer.”

Satin Stitches’ Columbia Blue/White/Navy one-piece All-Star Cheer dress with gauntlets uniform design was featured on the cover and given top billing on page 46 of the April 2014 issue of 'Inside Cheerleading® Magazine’s Ultimate Uniform Challenge: 10th Anniversary Edition.'

Our custom Genie costume that we created for a Minnesota HS dance team was featured in the January 2014 issue of ‘Dance Studio Life’ in their “Globetrotters: costumes and backdrops for a world of themes.“

“Who Are You Wearing?!...Knock ‘em dead in this season’s most glamorous costumes.“ pictorial in the November 2013 issue of ‘Dance Spirit Magazine’ prominently featured a custom-designed (created especially for this photo shoot), dance costume by Satin Stitches and embellished with thousands of Swarovski rhinestones.

Dance Teacher 2013 Costume Preview issue features 2 custom costume designs by Satin Stitches. Both styles were created for high school dance teams last season, and they are continuing to wear them this season. These styles were noted as ‘Trendsetting stagewear styles for 2014’.

Satin Stitches costumes were featured in ‘Dance Studio Life’, in their October 2013 issue’s feature “Sequins and Showstoppers – New costume choices to make your recital dancers shine.” The costumes featured were actual dance team costumes worn by Shakopee HS dance team in Minnesota and Greeley West HS in Colorado, last season.

Two photographs of Satin Stitches’ custom high school dance team costumes were featured in the COSTUME PREVIEW of Dance Teacher Magazine. This is their ‘annual showcase of fashion forward costumes for the coming year’, and was published as the October 2013 issue. The purple dress in the ‘Chrome Finish’ (“Eye-catching, shimmery spandex and lame` accents make an ensemble shine”.) section was created for the Lake Oswego OR dance team, and the pink costume, created for the Wadena MN dance team was featured in the Neon Glow (“These futuristic colors are so bright, you’ll need shades.”) section.

We created this custom Wooden Toy Soldier costume for a high school dance team's Holiday show, and it is featured in the September, 2013 issue of Dance Teacher Magazine. The feature is titled: “Sparkle & Shine - Holiday costumes for your winter performance”

Our very patriotic custom, solo dance costume was featured in Dance Studio Life's July 2013 pictorial titled: 'All Decked Out - Holiday costumes...for year-round fun'. This is an example of a unique solo performance costume or an extravagant team uniform.

This Custom dance team costume that we created for a Minnesota HS dance team was featured in the Style/Fashion section titled 'The New JAZZ Standard: Showstopping Apparel and Shoes for Class and Performance' in the July, 2013 issue of Dance Teacher Magazine.

This dance costume was custom created for a dance studio's production number and featured in the April 2013 issue of Dance Teacher Magazine. It is in the pictorial section titled 'Sway with Me', highlighting ballroom-style dance costumes.

This is the featured photo in the April 2013 issue of Dance Spirit Magazine's photo spread titled, 'Spring into Style: Members of the Floyd Central High School Dazzlers show off flashy dance team looks.' Also, one of Satin Stitches' iconic New York Knicks 'City Dancers' uniform tops is shown on former team members, dishing on the 'Worst Advice I've Ever Received' feature in the April 2013 issue of Dance Spirit Magazine.

Satin Stitches created this black lace dance dress for a show choir group, performing 'Bad Romance'. It is featured in the Style/Fashion pictorial titled 'float like a butterfly...' in the March 2013 issue of Dance Teacher Magazine.

This Satin Stitches costume was featured in the January 2013 Dance Studio Life magazine's pictorial titled: 'Global Flair: Round-the-world costumes and backdrops'.

Satin Stitches created this custom design for Franny's School of Dance's 'Tabasco Kids' Dance Team, this last season. The January issue of Dance Teacher Magazine featured this costume in their Fashion/Style pictorial titled: 'Stadium Style - 20 crowd-pleasing costumes for your dance team'.

This sequined and fringed dance costume that we custom created for the Edmonton Oilers NHL Dance Team was featured in the November 2012 issue of Dance Teacher Magazine. The feature was 'Costume Preview: These latest stage-worthy styles will light up your performance.'

This dynamic white lace costume bedazzled with thousands of Swarovski rhinestones, is an example of a Satin Stitches custom-designed solo performance costume, as featured in the November 2012 issue of Dance Spirit Magazine. This costume was chosen to be included in Dance Spirit's pictorial 'Four Seasons of Fashion: A Year's Worth of Hot (and Cool) Costumes', representing Winter!

The October 2012 issue of Dance Teacher Magazine featured this navy velvet dance team uniform that Satin Stitches created for Ben Franklin Middle School-WI, in their COSTUME PREVIEW. The page where this photo was featured stated: 'Deep V's and Diagonals...Designs like these create dramatic, eye-catching lines visible from the audience'.

This beautiful, rhinestoned and fringed, white lace solo dance costume was featured in the September 2012 issue of Dance Teacher Magazine, in the 'Tinsel Town' Fashion Feature, showing possible Holiday-themed costumes.

'Give me fever' is the title of the 'hottest jazz costumes' Style/Fashion feature in the July issue of Dance Teacher Magazine, where our red, custom-designed high school dance team leotard was pictured.

Mike Weaver and Colleen Hart's book 'Sweat, Tears, and Jazz Hands: The Official History of Show Choir From Vaudeville to GLEE' features Zionsville HS, IN and Central HS, WI show choir costume designs for both the girls & the guys, designed and manufactured by Satin Stitches Ltd.

This fabulous fuchsia glitter Slinky costume was created as an example of our Satin Stitches custom-designed, solo dance costume capabilities. It was specifically created for this featured costume photo spread for the November issue of Dance Spirit Magazine. The costume is embellished with lots of hand-sewn silver and fuchsia spangles and Swarovski rhinestones!

This photo of one of our exclusive Satin Stitches' mix-n-match Breast Cancer Awareness styles is featured in the Style section of Dance Teacher Magazine - November 2011.

This custom red and silver Futuristic solo dance costume was featured in the July 2011 issue of Dance Studio Life magazine.

This custom white mesh Lyrical dance costume was featured in this year's NFL Cheerleader directors' fashion show and in the July 2011 issue of Dance Studio Life magazine.

The featured article in the May/June issue of Dance Spirit Magazine, 'Dance Team Spotlight/Pro Dance Team Ops' featured this photo of Satin Stitches' New Jersey Devils dance team uniforms.

Our black & white dance team costume inspired by vintage costumes worn by the June Taylor Dancers, as featured in the February issue of Dance Teacher Magazine.

Our modestly cut, custom Satin Stitches 'Jungle' themed dance costume was featured in the January 2011 issue of Dance Studio Life Magazine, in their 'Round-the-World Costumes' pictorial.

Dance Teacher's November 2010 issue features this Satin Stitches green velvet, custom costume which we created for the Minnesota PerformDance kickline for this Holiday Season.

This stunning shiny gunmetal, surface-printed and mesh costume was created as an example of our Satin Stitches custom-designed, solo dance costume capabilities. It was specifically created for this featured costume photo spread for the November issue of Dance Spirit Magazine. It is an example of the Art Deco influence in the 1920's and 1930's, and the dress's architectural seams are accented with Swarovski rhinestones.

Our Theodore Roosevelt dance team costume is featured in the October issue of Dance Teacher Magazine.

The Starettes - a nonprofit, amateur dance kickline is featured in our Satin Stitches costume in the September issue of Dance Teacher Magazine.

Our dance team uniform for Notre Dame de Sion is featured in the 2010-11 issue of Dance Director's Survival Guide, along with our new color ad.

Our HCLS pom/spirit dress was featured in the January, 2010 issue of School Uniforms.

Here at Satin Stitches, we could not be more proud of our new silver uniforms worn by the New York Knicks' City Dancers, who perform at all their home NBA basketball games at Madison Square Garden in Satin Stitches apparel!

The November 2009 issue of Dance Spirit Magazine featured a custom Satin Stitches costume worn by Courtney - a former SYTYCD finalist and New York Knicks City Dancer (where she wore Satin Stitches all the time!

The November 2008 issue of Dance Spirit Magazine featured a custom Satin Stitches costume.

The November 2007 issue of Dance Spirit Magazine featured a custom Satin Stitches costume.

The October 2007 issue of DanceTeacher featured the Satin Stitches Christmas Dress

Asia is now the 2nd big winner in reality TV shows in the last few years, to have been on an NBA dance team who features our Satin Stitches' uniforms! Shannon Bex from the Portland Trailblazers was a big winner in FAME, several years ago, and then went on to win a place in the group Danity Kane with "Making the Band 3" on MTV last year. Congratulations!

Satin Stitches has been a sponsor of ProDance for many years. Our pink plaid skirts were featured on ProDancers in this picture accompanying the article from The Press-Enterprise daily newspaper - Riverside County, California on August 2, 2007.

This photo of Irondale High School's cool midnight blue jazz dance team costume is featured in the October 07 issue of DANCE MAGAZINE, in their "Night and Day" photo spread.

Eden Prairie High School's luscious velvet and chiffon dance team costume is featured in the 07-08 Dance Director's Survival Guide.

One of our favorites - this purple rhinestoned one-piece dance team costume was designed with three times state champion - Spring Lake Park High School's dance team, and is featured in the 06-07 Dance Director's Survival Guide.

To help illustrate theme costumes, the July/August 2006 issue of Dance Spirit Magazine showcases this nurse costume that was actually created for Conservatory of Dance Arizona dance studio several seasons earlier.

The November 2006 issue of Dance Spirit Magazine featured two Satin Stitches custom solo costumes. The purple boy's costume shown on a dancer/model and our green chiffon and lace girl's costume shown on a rack of costumes.

A fabulous solo costume that was created by request of the Radio City Rockettes (submitted for consideration) is shown off in the November 2003 issue of Dance Spirit Magazine.

The "paper doll" velvet and chiffon costume shown in the November 2005 issue of Dance Spirit Magazine was actually produced for the Century High School Dance Team in Oregon prior to this featured photo.

Our MOST REQUESTED costume photo ever, was featured in the November 2004 issue of Dance Spirit Magazine. This custom solo costume was modeled after a very similar costume that we produced for a solo dancer client of ours. We have produced countless solo and team costumes in many colors and style variations from this one beautiful design!

Right after the September 11, 2001 attacks, the dance community sprung into action to raise money for the victims of this horrific event. Dance Spirit Magazine put together an auction of one-of-a-kind dance costumes by many dance costume manufacturers. We donated the costumes, which were bid on by dancers all over the country. The money went to a special victims fund. The February 2002 issue featured all of our designs, including this fully sequined solo costume by Satin Stitches.

Dance Director's Survival Guide in the Summer 2002 was a new publication for high school and college dance teams. This issue featured the dance team from the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers on the cover and showcasing an entire routine in the magazine. The signature uniform of blue sequined tops and black skirts is our Satin Stitches custom product.

The Summer 2003 issue of Dance Director's Survival Guide showcases a photo of an actual custom dance team uniform of Spring Lake Park High School of Minnesota.

This Satin Stitches fully sequined dance or baton costume sample is featured in the Summer 2004 issue of Dance Director's Survival Guide.

Several photos of this custom dance team uniform originally designed for Armstrong High School in Minnesota, are featured in the Summer 2005 issue of Dance Director's Survival Guide.

DanceTeacher Magazine routinely features our Satin Stitches custom work. In this January 2006 issue, a design that we originally produced for West Linn High School dance team, in Oregon was featured in the themed costume section of the magazine.

The October 2005 issue of DanceTeacher Magazine showcased a fully sequined red dance costume that had been produced for the collegiate show choir at UW-Madison - The Wisconsin Singers.

Costumes for both the boy and girl singer/dancers of The Wisconsin Singers were featured in the December 2005 issue of DanceTeacher Magazine.

An actual custom solo dance costume photographed on our actual ballet dancer client - was featured in the April 2002 issue of DanceTeacher Magazine. "Our" dancer was one of the featured ballerinas in the annual Loyce Holton's "Nutcracker" for several seasons.

Two high school dance teams with Satin Stitches costumes were featured in the November 2006 issue of DanceTeacher Magazine. The lightning bolt inspired costume was previously produced for Minnesota's Concordia Academy and the Shrek inspired hunter green dance dress had been produced for Oregon's Churchill High School.

American Cheerleader Magazine featured photos of an All-Star cheerleading uniform design in their December 2006 issue.

School Uniforms Magazine (a national trade magazine) posts updates on Satin Stitches Ltd. in their publication. The actual uniform that was created for Middleton High School in Wisconsin is showcased in the 2006- #46 issue.

Goldrush Magazine (now renamed Dance Studio Life) featured two costumes by Satin Stitches. The cowgirl costume was originally created for both boys and girls in LaCrosse Central High School's show choir for a Will Rogers Follies musical number. The fringed, black velvet costume is a custom solo dance design.